Both Uses of
proverb
in
The Hobbit
- "Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!" he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say 'out of the frying-pan into the fire' in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.†
Chpt 6 *
- "Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice